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chemical

[kem-i-kuhl] / ˈkɛm ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
concerned with atom and molecule change
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Subsequent testing and a major European safety assessment have added important context, including challenges to the idea that the chemical necessarily forms during digestion.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

It sure sounds like a scary industrial chemical that we should all be worried about!

From Slate Sep. 14, 2026

Blood tests can measure chemical signs of tissue degeneration to flag which patients may get worse.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

By studying chemical signatures locked inside the rocks, the team was able to reconstruct geological events dating back roughly 3.1 billion years.

From Science Daily Sep. 13, 2026

The simplest explanation, then, was that genetic information had passed between the two strains in a chemical form.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Some snack science: Consumer Reports recently published a scary-sounding investigation on chemicals present in common kids’ snacks.

From Slate Sep. 14, 2026

But an even larger problem involved the materials themselves: Two chemicals used in the liner were incompatible, causing the upper layer to become hot enough to damage the material beneath it.

From Salon Sep. 12, 2026

Anecdotal evidence gathered by clinicians and fire departments has shown promising signs that it could be used to rid firefighters of some of the cancer-causing chemicals they absorb during fires.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2026

In the last two decades, China has transformed from a basic manufacturer of generics and precursor chemicals into a hotbed of scientific discovery, boosted by government support and low operating costs.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

There was, in him, such a simmer of emotions, like chemicals thrown together in an alembic: fear like a sulfur fog, bitterness as sharp as salt, and damned fickle mercury for failure and desperation.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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